[PATCH 6/6] perf annotate-data: Check kind of stack variables

[Namhyung Kim]

I sometimes see ("unknown type") in the result and it was because it
didn't check the type of stack variables properly during the instruction
tracking.  The stack can carry constant values (without type info) and
if the target instruction is accessing the stack location, it resulted
in the "unknown type".

Maybe we could pick one of integer types for the constant, but it
doesn't really mean anything useful.  Let's just drop the stack slot if
it doesn't have a valid type info.

Here's an example how it got the unknown type.
Note that 0xffffff48 = -0xb8.
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  find data type for 0xffffff48(reg6) at ...
  CU for ...
  frame base: cfa=0 fbreg=6
  scope: [2/2] (die:11cb97f)
  bb: [37 - 3a]
  var [37] reg15 type='int' size=0x4 (die:0x1180633)
  bb: [40 - 4b]
  mov [40] imm=0x1 -> reg13
  var [45] reg8 type='sigset_t*' size=0x8 (die:0x11a39ee)
  mov [45] imm=0x1 -> reg2                     <---  here reg2 has a constant
  bb: [215 - 237]
  mov [218] reg2 -> -0xb8(stack) constant      <---  and save it to the stack
  mov [225] reg13 -> -0xc4(stack) constant
  call [22f] find_task_by_vgpid
  call [22f] return -> reg0 type='struct task_struct*' size=0x8 (die:0x11881e8)
  bb: [5c8 - 5cf]
  bb: [2fb - 302]
  mov [2fb] -0xc4(stack) -> reg13 constant
  bb: [13b - 14d]
  mov [143] 0xd50(reg3) -> reg5 type='struct task_struct*' size=0x8 (die:0xa31f3c)
  bb: [153 - 153]
  chk [153] reg6 offset=0xffffff48 ok=0 kind=0 fbreg    <--- access here
  found by insn track: 0xffffff48(reg6) type-offset=0
   type='G<EF>^K<F6><AF>U' size=0 (die:0xffffffffffffffff)

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 68fe7999f033..2c98813f95cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,9 @@ static int check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+		if (stack->kind != TSR_KIND_TYPE)
+			return 0;
+
 		*type_die = stack->type;
 		/* Update the type offset from the start of slot */
 		dloc->type_offset -= stack->offset;
@@ -1343,6 +1346,9 @@ static int check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+		if (stack->kind != TSR_KIND_TYPE)
+			return 0;
+
 		*type_die = stack->type;
 		/* Update the type offset from the start of slot */
 		dloc->type_offset -= fboff + stack->offset;
-- 
2.45.0.rc1.225.g2a3ae87e7f-goog